Messick - The Calligraphic State

The Calligraphic State

Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society

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ISBN: 978-0-520-20515-4

Verlag: University of California Press

Erscheinungstermin: 16.06.1996

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In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Yet few scholars have explored this process and the ways in which it changes, especially outside the Western world.

Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.

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Artikelnummer: 9780520205154
Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-520-20515-4
Verlag: University of California Press
Erscheinungstermin: 16.06.1996
Sprache(n): Englisch
Auflage: 1. Auflage 1996
Serie: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies
Produktform: Kartoniert, Trade Paperback
Gewicht: 494 g
Seiten: 324
Format (B x H x T): 154 x 228 x 22 mm
Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

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